kennedy



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUY I.. KENNEDY,OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOE, EY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, ToTHE MEECI-IANTs ROLL PAPER SUPPLY COMPANY, OE SAME PLACE.

` PAPER PRINTING AND .cUTTlNc HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,803, dated October29, 1889. Application filed May S, 1889. Serial No. 309,446. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GUY L. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Printing vand CuttingHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My design in this invention is to simplify this class of machines to aslarge an extent as possible, and this I accomplish by the constructionhereinafter set forth.

My ilnproved machine consists of suitable side standards, a shaft orcylinder for the paper roll supported in long slot bearings in the sidestandards, a cross-bar upon which the roll of paper rests and whichexerts the necessary friction upon the paper by reason of the gravity ofthe roll, a printing-roller so located as that the yielding type thereofshall pass in close Contact with said bar and the bar be thus caused toimpress the paper upon the type, and a knife, also secured to said bar.This and other features of my invention are fully V shown in theaccompanying drawings, and set forth in the subjoined description. j

In said drawings,Figure l is a front elevation,and Fig. 2 a sideelevation, of my machine. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Fig. et is a partial section on the line 4 4 of Fig. Land Fig. 5 is anenlarged section of the cross-bar and knife.

In said drawings, A A are the side standards, which may be alike, exceptthat they should be made in pairs. The upper extensions of thesestandards are provided with Open end grooves a, (more particularly shownby the broken lines in Figs. I and 2 and full lines in Fig. 4,) forreceiving the ends of the shaft B, supporting the roll of paper h. Thesegrooves are inclined from the vertical at their upper ends, andpreferably ina curved line, so that they will act to sustain some partof the weightof the paper when the roll is full and prevent too muchpressure being exerted upon the cross-bar, as hereinafter explained. Theinclination of the grooves gradually ceases toward their lower ends, sothat by the time the roll has diminished to the extent of half ortwo-thirds its journals will have entered the vertical groove portions.The standards A are of course united by suitable ties or cross the sameis printed by the printing-roller E.

connections, and I employ for this purpose two cross-bars C and D, bothof which I utilize for other purposes. The cross-bar C is so located asthat the periphery of 4the roll will at all times rest upon it, so thatit will cause such tension upon the roll as will prevent the paperunwinding or becoming loose any faster than it is drawn off in theordinary use of the machine. The inclined grooves,in which the journalsof the paper roll are held, as already stated, act in conjunction withthis cross-bar to graduate the tension thus exerted upon the paper, thegrooves taking some portion of the weight when the roll is full, andgradually devolving the entire weight of the roll upon the bar as theroll diminishes in size. The web of paper from the roll shown at M isdrawn first `under said cross-bar C, and as it passes 7o This roller isStationarily journ aled in arms d, attached to the cross-bar D, and itis provided with a type-plate e, which is preferably` of yieldingmaterial-such as rubber-and of such height as will insure its beingslightly depressed when it passes under the cross-bar. In this manner, Iinsure sufficient pressure upon the paper at the point where theprinting is made to secure clean and clear impressions. Said cross-baris further made to serve asa support for the knife F, and this knife Iprefer to make of sheet metal, with its operating-edge f turned down, asshown at Fig. 5, so that by pulling the paper upward against suchupturned edge an easy Severation is effected.

G is a cross-wire placed under the knife, to so support the end of thepaper as to prevent its falling back against the type-cylinder and atthe same time retain such end in convenient position to be taken holdof.

The inker (shown at Il) is provided with j ournals which rotate upon theinclined faces of upward projections h upon the arms d.

. The bearings of the type-cylinderbeing open at the top, it will beseen that both it andthe inker are readily removed and inserted.

The Cross-bar C, against which the periphery of the paper roll bears atall times, and which, while it supports the roll, acts also to produce atension thereon, is located, it will be noticed, not directly under theslot a of the IOO standards, but at one side thereof. In this locationthe roll is crowded toward the farther side of the bearing-slots, andfriction is thus produced between the axis of the roller and said sideof the bearings even after the roll has becolne so reduced in size as toadmit its axis Within the vertical part of the bearings. Thetension-support also acts better when thus located than when placeddirectly under the bearings.

I do not herein claim the combinationvith the knife and type-cylinder,of the Wire for supporting the end of the paper, as such combination isclaimed by me in my application, Serial No. 297,549, filed January 25,1889.

I claiml. The paper-holder wherein the paper-roll cylinder is providedwith curved or inclined long,r slot bearings, and combined with acrossbar against which the periphery of the paper rests, and which islocated at that side of the bearings which is opposite the side uponwhich the bearings are inclined, substantially as set forth. 4

2. The paper-holder wherein are combined a paper-roll cylinder revolvingin long slot bearings, a cross-bar upon which the paper rests, and aprinting-roller, substantially as set forth.

3. The paper-holder wherein are combined the paper-roll cylinderrevolving in long' slot bearings, a cross-bar upon which the paperrests, and a printing-roller revolving in contact with said bar,substantially as set forth.

4. The printing-paper holder consisting of side standards having openslot bearings for the paper-cylinder, the paper-cylinder revolving insaid bearings, the crossbar carrying the knife, and a printing-rollerrotating in contact with said cross-bar, substantially as set forth. l

5. The combination, in a paper-roll holder, of a printing-roller havingfixed bearings, and a stationary bar against which the roller rotates,the roller having arubber type-plate, substantially as set forth.

6. The paper-holder wherein the paper-roll cylinder is provided withslotted bearings, and combined with a tension-producing support locatedbelow and wholly at one side of the bearings, substantially asspecified.

GUY L. KENNEDY.

Titnessesz H. M. MUNDAY, EDW. S. EVARTS.

